paitsio

paitsi +‎ -io

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑi̯tsio/, [ˈpɑ̝i̯ts̠io̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑitsio
• Syllabification^(key): pait‧si‧o
• Hyphenation^(key): pait‧sio

paitsio

1. (sports) offside (situation in various ballgames, where a player has advanced further ahead of the ball than the rules of the game would allow. Exact definition varies by game)

   olla paitsiossa ― to be offside/offsides

   paitsiossa oleva pelaaja ― an offside player

2. limbo (in-between place, state or condition of neglect or oblivion which results in an unresolved status, delay or deadlock)

   Puolue on vähitellen ajautunut poliittiseen paitsioon, eikä se pysty vaikuttamaan maan asioihin.

   The party has little by little drifted into a political limbo and it cannot influence the affairs of the country.

• “paitsio”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• optisia, paistoi, tapisoi